require_once '/home/username/public_html/whmcs/init.php';

$query = "SELECT * FROM tblannouncements WHERE published != '0' AND published != '' ORDER BY date DESC LIMIT 0,3"; 
$result = mysql_query($query);
while ($data = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
    $id = $data['id'];
    $date = $data['date'];
    $title = $data['title'];
    $announcement = $data['announcement'];

    $date = fromMySQLDate($date);

    echo '<strong>' . $title . '</strong><br />'
        . 'Posted on ' . $date . '<br /><br />'
        . $announcement . '<br /><br />';
}